AcTo Dementia provides recommendations and guidance on accessible touchscreen apps for people living with dementia. This website is an ideal resource for anyone with a diagnosis of dementia, or anyone looking to support a person with a diagnosis, to find and use apps on a tablet computer for entertainment. We are a group of university unaffiliated with any app developers and all of our recommendations have been through an review process.
The AcTo Dementia project is focused on:
Identifying key features within touchscreen apps that increase their accessibility for people with dementia
Developing a shareable framework that can be used to find existing ‘dementia-enabling’ touchscreen apps
Working with app developers to improve the accessibility of existing apps for people with dementia
Sharing app recommendations and support guides for people with dementia or people in a supportive role
Joddrell, P., & Astell, A. J. (2019). Implementing accessibility settings in touchscreen apps for people living with dementia. Gerontology, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1159/000498885
Joddrell, P. (2017). Investigating the potential of touchscreen technology to create opportunities for independent activity with people living with dementia. The University of Sheffield.
Joddrell, P., & Astell, A. J. (2016). Studies involving people with dementia and touchscreen technology: A literature review. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 3(2), e10. https://doi.org/10.2196/rehab.5788
Joddrell, P. & Astell, A. J. (2016) Dementia: There are so many apps for that... Journal of Dementia Care, 25(1):32–34.
Joddrell, P., Hernandez, A., & Astell, A. J. (2016). Identifying Existing, Accessible Touchscreen Games for People Living with Dementia. In K. Miesenberger, C. Buhler, & P. Penaz (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 509–514). Berlin: Springer International Publishing.
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